Alkane-oxidizing metalloenzymes in the carbon cycle

Rachel Narehood Austin; John T. Groves

doi:10.1039/C1MT00048A

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Alkane-oxidizing metalloenzymes in the carbon cycle

Rachel Narehood Austin^a and John T. Groves^b

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^a Department of Chemistry, Bates College, Lewiston ME 04240, USA

^b Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA

Abstract

This review examines the metalloenzymes that catalyze the oxidation of alkanes in the environment. The focus of the review is on what is known about the relative abundances of these metalloenzymes, their metal ion requirements, and their reaction mechanisms. The relative significance of these reactions in the global transformation of alkanes is discussed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1MT00048A
Article type: Critical Review
Submitted: 04 May 2011
Accepted: 24 Jun 2011
First published: 11 Jul 2011

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Metallomics, 2011,3, 775-787

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